Coding Will Be Solved For Everybody
Coding Will Be Solved For Everybody
Boris Cherny, the creator of Claude Code, explains why coding will soon be solved for everyone.
Make Something Agents Want
With the takeoff of OpenClaw and MoltBook, a new agent-driven economy is taking shape. In this episode of the Lightcone, the hosts take a look at the explosive growth of AI dev tools and whether the time has come for builders to make something agents want.
Chapters:
00:00 - Intro
02:12 - No human involvement is changing the experience
04:55 - Does YC need to change its motto?
07:48 - Email tools and agent infrastructure
09:36 - Agent driven documentation
13:00 - Swarm intelligence
15:36 - Content generation and dead Internet theory
18:12 - Growth, rules and founder insights
20:48 - Outro
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What Boris Cherny Learned From Building Claude Code
Anthropic's Boris Cherny shares advice for founders from the origin story of Claude Code.
Boris Cherny: How We Built Claude Code
A very special guest on this episode of the Lightcone! Boris Cherny, the creator of Claude Code, sits down to share the incredible journey of developing one of the most transformative coding tools of the AI era.
00:00 Intro
01:45 The most surprising moment in the rise of Claude Code
02:38 How Boris came up with the idea for Claude Code
05:38 The elegant simplicity of terminals
07:09 The first use cases
09:00 What’s in Boris’ CLAUDE.md?
11:29 How do you decide the terminal’s verbosity?
15:44 Beginner’s mindset is key as the models improve
18:56 Hyper specialists vs hyper generalists
21:51 The vision for Claude teams
23:48 Subagents
25:12 A world without plan mode?
28:38 Tips for founders to build for the future
30:07 How much life does the terminal still have?
30:57 Advice for dev tool founders
32:11 Claude Code and TypeScript parallels
35:34 Designing for the terminal was hard
37:36 Other advice for builders
40:31 Productivity per engineer
41:36 Why Boris chose to join Anthropic
44:46 How coding will change
46:22 Outro
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The New Way To Build A Startup
In the AI era, startups aren't winning by hiring faster — they're winning by automating as many internal functions as possible. In this episode of Main Function, Garry breaks down how tiny teams are beating companies 20x their size by building automations into every workflow, from engineering to ops to customer support.
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Why OpenClaw Broke The Internet
What Sets OpenClaw Apart From Other Agents
AI Native Hedge Funds
AI Native Hedge Funds
Stablecoin Financial Services
Stablecoin Financial Services
Large Spatial Models
Large Spatial Models
AI for Government
AI for Government
Reindustrialize With Modern Metal Mills
Reindustrialize With Modern Metal Mills
OpenClaw Creator: Why 80% Of Apps Will Disappear
You’ve probably already heard all about OpenClaw (formerly Clawdbot/Moltbot). The viral sensation is an open-source AI assistant that runs on your own device, connects with messaging apps you already use, and goes beyond chat to actually execute tasks like managing your email, calendars, files, workflows, and more. Now meet the man behind it. YC’s Raphael Schaad sat down with Peter Steinberger, the creator of OpenClaw, to discuss the “aha” moment behind the viral personal AI agent, why local-first agents could replace many of today’s apps, and how personal agents will reshape the future of software.
Chapters:
00:00 – OpenClaw takes over the internet
00:44 – Life after going viral
01:28 – Why OpenClaw took off, what sets it apart
02:56 – Bots talking to bots (and hiring humans)
04:11 – From “God AI” to swarm intelligence
05:07 – Peter’s original “aha” moment
06:38 – Rebuilding the agent as a conversation
07:38 – The moment it exceeded expectations
10:21 – Are apps going to disappear?
12:31 – Memory, data silos, and ownership
14:39 – The privacy reality of personal agents
15:05 – Letting the bot loose in public Discord
16:55 – Giving an agent a personality
18:19 – Contrarian building philosophy
20:09 – CLIs vs MCPs
21:28 – Building for humans first
21:46 – The road ahead
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Work at a startup: https://www.ycombinator.com/jobs
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